Table 11.4

Transplant Recipient Characteristics, 1997 to 2006

Heart Recipients

Recipient Residency Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 2,293 2,348 2,188 2,199 2,202 2,155 2,057 2,015 2,125 2,192
U.S. Resident 2,259 2,315 2,162 2,179 2,180 2,134 2,038 1,996 2,110 2,167
Nonresident Alien 18 27 21 18 21 21 19 19 15 23
Unknown 16 6 5 2 1 - - - - 2
Total (%) 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
U.S. Resident 98.5% 98.6% 98.8% 99.1% 99.0% 99.0% 99.1% 99.1% 99.3% 98.9%
Nonresident Alien 0.8% 1.1% 1.0% 0.8% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 0.9% 0.7% 1.0%
Unknown 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% - - - - 0.1%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(-) = None in category.

These data include multi-organ transplants, other than heart-lung, in which a deceased donor heart was one of the organs transplanted.